A lot of Christians think, “Well, I didn’t pray enough, so I guess I don’t have the Holy Spirit this week.” Or, “I didn’t read enough chapters of the Bible, so so I don’t have the Holy Spirit today.” They don’t recognize the Holy Spirit in the New Testament dwells with us in an entirely different way than he did in the people in the Old Testament.

If they’re struggling to believe that they have the Holy Spirit, they just need to get in the word. Cuz we don’t live by feelings. We live by faith. I don’t feel the Holy Spirit every moment of every day, but I’m aware of him. Uhhuh. I don’t feel his love or feel his peace or feel that joy every moment of every day but I live in that the influence of [Music] that.

I am your host today Ruben Vargas alongside Britain Mays. Howdy Steven Mcazuma. Hello. And our very own David Hernandez. And one thing I want to talk about the Holy Spirit and it just so happens David is also releasing a book called Holy Spirit God within you. Um, and I think this is perfect timing. Um, I want to go ahead and dive into some things in this book.

Um, like I said, I think it’s very key for right now, what this generation, um, is maybe experiencing, you know, just I know people can say, oh, the prophecies and end times and stuff like this, but the Holy Spirit in particular, I think is needed right now and something that we really, really, you know, back away from.

And it’s funny because you’re you’re not the first one to tell me that. There are so many different pastors and leaders who I’ve been in conversation with lately who have been telling me this is the message of the hour. We have to get back to recognizing, acknowledging, celebrating the person of the Holy Spirit. I wanted to discuss a few things.

Um, I know right off the bat you discuss a 4-hour moment of desperation and surrender. And um, I want to know in particular, what was God teaching you specifically through that encounter? Well, when I had that encounter with the Holy Spirit, it was after a season of frustration. So many Christians get to the place in their life where maybe even after some spiritual momentum that they’ve been experiencing, they hit like a brick wall.

So some Christians they hit that right at the beginning right after they get saved. It seems like they have a rough start. Other Christians they get saved and there’s sort of this honeymoon phase where everything seems to be flowing just like it should and then suddenly there’s just this stop to the momentum. So it was similar with me because I had experienced spiritual momentum. I was saved at the age of 11.

I began to seek the face of God reading books, watching Christian programs, sitting down with key mentors. I was the pastor’s kid, so I was able to sit with all of our guest speakers. I would sit and converse with them, ask them a million questions. And I just really felt like in that season, I was experiencing a lot of growth.

I felt very close to God. Mhm. And then out of seemingly nowhere, that closeness that I felt just dissipated and immediately I began thinking, okay, what did I do wrong? Mhm. Where did I miss it? Did I pray a bad prayer? Is it because I didn’t pray enough? that I not read enough chapters of the Bible today. And so it came to a point of frustration where I said, “I’m going to I’m going to lock myself in the room.

” And Lord, I’m not leaving this room until I have an encounter with you. And I often say that I didn’t even know what I meant by that. When I said encounter, I didn’t know what I was picturing, but I knew I needed something. I wanted anything that would make me feel close to God again. Mhm.

Because I was under the impression that he had distanced himself from me for some reason. So I’m praying for 4 hours. And after 4 hours of prayer, nothing happened. I tried emotion. I tried spiritual warfare tactics. I tried aggressive prayers. I tried to think my way into the presence, figure my way into the presence of God. Nothing happens.